On Mar 27, 2020, at 8:25 PM, Kitty Morrissy <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

Thought this might hit home for many of you:

The therapeutic value of the garden in trying times

By 

Adrian Higgins 

Columnist

March 24, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. EDT

Full article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/gardening-self-isolating-coronavirus/2020/03/23/30bae166-6a08-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html?utm_campaign=pw_acq_032720&utm_medium=email&utm_source=acquisition&wpmk=1

 

If someone were to say I must self-isolate in the garden for the next few weeks, I would shake him or her by the hand. If I could. Here’s a thumbs up from a distance of six feet or more.

The neighborhood sidewalks and nature trails are thronged with the cabin-fevered, so what better place to be outdoors and yet away from others than in your backyard and garden?...

…The mark of a true gardener is a person who does not see a finished landscape but a series of tasks that need to be tackled. This isn’t as onerous as it sounds because it gets to the essential elements of gardening: creativity, honest toil and the satisfaction of a job well done. Aches and pains come along for the ride, but that’s why we have bathtubs.

Just as many of us have been able to compartmentalize ourselves from the coronavirus, we should divide our gardening into a series of discrete tasks or projects. Without that focus, it can become overwhelming. A little every day will accrue to a garden transformation by May….

Kitty